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‘There are people who have used the monuments as a public toilet’: MPs slam desecration of National War Memorial

Public Services and Procurement Canada put up defensive fencing around the National War Memorial on Feb. 4, but was later advised it would be too ‘dangerous’ to replace it after protesters removed it on Feb. 12.

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February 17, 2022

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‘There are people who have used the monuments as a public toilet’: MPs slam desecration of National War Memorial

Public Services and Procurement Canada put up defensive fencing around the National War Memorial on Feb. 4, but was later advised it would be too ‘dangerous’ to replace it after protesters removed it on Feb. 12.

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